MSBIAS taxon details
Tubificinae Claus, 1876
137344 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137344)
accepted
Subfamily
- Genus Baltidrilus Timm, 2013
- Genus Christerius Holmquist, 1985
- Genus Clitellio Savigny, 1822
- Genus Isochaetides Hrabĕ, 1966
- Genus Limnodrilus Claparède, 1862
- Genus Potamothrix Vejdovský & Mrázek, 1903
- Genus Psammoryctides Hrabe, 1964
- Genus Tubifex Lamarck, 1816
- Genus Tubificoides Lastočkin, 1937
- Genus Isochaeta Pointner, 1911 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Genus Euilyodrilus Brinkhurst, 1963 accepted as Potamothrix Vejdovský & Mrázek, 1903 (Synonym)
- Genus Heterochaeta Claparède, 1863 accepted as Baltidrilus Timm, 2013 (junior homonym of Heterochaeta Westwood, 1843 (Insecta, Mantodea).)
- Genus Psammoryctes Vejdovský, 1876 accepted as Psammoryctides Hrabe, 1964 (Synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh
Claus, C. (1876). Grundzüge der Zoologie. (Third edition) [Principles of Zoology]. <em>N.G. Elwertsche Verlagsuchhandlung, Marburg & Leipzig.</em> 1-1254. (vol.1. incl. Annelides p.394-421, Copepoda p.465-480, vol.2 Mollusca),., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/11954#/summary
page(s): 419 [details]
page(s): 419 [details]
MSBIAS (2026). Tubificinae Claus, 1876. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137344 on 2026-04-12
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Tubificinae Claus, 1876. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/MSBIAS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137344 on 2026-04-12
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Claus, C. (1876). Grundzüge der Zoologie. (Third edition) [Principles of Zoology]. <em>N.G. Elwertsche Verlagsuchhandlung, Marburg & Leipzig.</em> 1-1254. (vol.1. incl. Annelides p.394-421, Copepoda p.465-480, vol.2 Mollusca),., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/11954#/summary
page(s): 419 [details]
taxonomy source Eisen, G. (1879). Preliminary Report on Genera and Species of Tubificidae. <em>Bih. K. Vet. Ak. Handl.</em> 5(16):1-26 + 1 plate., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14144800
page(s): 8; note: originally written as Tubificini. Concidered to be the author of the subfamily for a long time and subsequently copied by many authors, but it was actually Claus (1876) who was the first to mention th...
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basis of record Erséus, C.; Healy, B.M. (2001). Oligochaeta, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 231-234 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Finogenova, N.P. (1986). On Diagnostic characters of subfamilies in the family Tubificidae (Oligochaeta) [O diagnosticheskikh priznakakh podsemeistv semeistva Tubificidae (Oligochaeta)]. <em>Zoologicheskiy zhurnal.</em> 65(2):194-202.
page(s): 200 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 419 [details]
taxonomy source Eisen, G. (1879). Preliminary Report on Genera and Species of Tubificidae. <em>Bih. K. Vet. Ak. Handl.</em> 5(16):1-26 + 1 plate., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14144800
page(s): 8; note: originally written as Tubificini. Concidered to be the author of the subfamily for a long time and subsequently copied by many authors, but it was actually Claus (1876) who was the first to mention th...
originally written as Tubificini. Concidered to be the author of the subfamily for a long time and subsequently copied by many authors, but it was actually Claus (1876) who was the first to mention the subfamily Tubificinae (p419)
basis of record Erséus, C.; Healy, B.M. (2001). Oligochaeta, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 231-234 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Finogenova, N.P. (1986). On Diagnostic characters of subfamilies in the family Tubificidae (Oligochaeta) [O diagnosticheskikh priznakakh podsemeistv semeistva Tubificidae (Oligochaeta)]. <em>Zoologicheskiy zhurnal.</em> 65(2):194-202.
page(s): 200 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
